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it is limited release in new york and los angeles on december the 28th. it opens nationwide on january 4th but conservative bloggers got a hold of the copy of the script. when they looked through it, melissa, they this is really one-sided piece that looks more like a hit job against fracking than a balanced look at the natural gas industry. melissa: i think it is interesting it was supposed to be about the impacts on salmon and all of sudden turned over to fracking which is so popular right now. they're keying on something a revolution in this country. what has the industry's reaction been like so far? what do they think? >> no question the industry is worried about this. i talked to one industry analyst thought this could be to the fracking industry what the film the china syndrome with jane fonda and jack lemmon was to the nuclear power industry. charles ebinger is analyst with the brookings institute. here is what he told me. >> matt damon will give a convincing actor, undoubtedly casting concerns about shale gas on horizon and that will become a lot o
it is limited release in new york and los angeles on december the 28th. it opens nationwide on january 4th but conservative bloggers got a hold of the copy of the script. when they looked through it, melissa, they this is really one-sided piece that looks more like a hit job against fracking than a balanced look at the natural gas industry. melissa: i think it is interesting it was supposed to be about the impacts on salmon and all of sudden turned over to fracking which is so popular right...
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"new york times" op-ed they write silly things and they said, people shld not live longer, you will lose purpose in life. i met a guy who said i am 69, if i make it to 75,'ll done, i've had it. don't you lose the edge? is there a natural cycle? >>guest: i think people tend to say that because they assum as you get older you also get ill but when thats the case, you do lose your lust for life but if you are healthy and energetic, there is so much more to do and you think about it, you never have enough time to do everything you want, do you? we need more time. >> there was a profile of the person, the billionaire who wrote the forward to your book, and it was silly, and a silly things they said was that this extending life is not a good ideabecause the technology will be available to rich people first and it will add to inequality. >>guest: that is a knee-jerk reaction but we hear that when you talk about any type of new technology. think when cell phones first came out. only the rich people had cell phones. yes, they were the size of a brick and you carried around in a briefcase and it i
"new york times" op-ed they write silly things and they said, people shld not live longer, you will lose purpose in life. i met a guy who said i am 69, if i make it to 75,'ll done, i've had it. don't you lose the edge? is there a natural cycle? >>guest: i think people tend to say that because they assum as you get older you also get ill but when thats the case, you do lose your lust for life but if you are healthy and energetic, there is so much more to do and you think about...
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york and new jersey. melissa: is there anything th can be done to the particular bill to strip it down? i don't want to stand in the way of helping people that are really rting but at the same time it would irk me to know end, $2 million to repair the smithsonian's roof in d.c., was it damaged by hurricane sandy and that more important than helping people again whose whole lives have been deindividual? >> the way to deal with it, strip out spending targeted to federalssets and facility and focus on moye any that should go to victims, states, local governments in the impacted area. those are things we're talking about. transpourtation repairs, debris removal, aid to victims. that is the stuff we need to focus on not all the other stuff that can be put in a appropriations bill next year if the obama administtion thinks it is important engh. melissa: or not at all. a lot of this stuff shouldn't be done at all. where do you think the bill will go from here? will this thing get passed whether it irks us or not
york and new jersey. melissa: is there anything th can be done to the particular bill to strip it down? i don't want to stand in the way of helping people that are really rting but at the same time it would irk me to know end, $2 million to repair the smithsonian's roof in d.c., was it damaged by hurricane sandy and that more important than helping people again whose whole lives have been deindividual? >> the way to deal with it, strip out spending targeted to federalssets and facility...
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difficult job in the country is the mayor f new york city. that may or may not be true. hillary clinton would consider this. step down. >> is too mall a stage for her. she's been on the global stage. >> only one person will convince hillary clinton to go back into the public world. that is her husband, bill clinton. and i am on the side that says i don't even think she wants to do much cells after secretary of state. she has been around for awhile, taken a lot of heat. i thiik that she probably might want to just enjoy her life. >> for four years and then run. >> i took the 42nd street exit ramp and there was a huge pot hole. the first name that came to mind was not made clinton should fix this. of the shoe want to deal with all the municipal issues. melissa: moving on to something that i would love to happen. in eighth grade girls petitioning has brought to market easy bake ovens for boys. her petition has more than 24,000 signatures. she says her four year-old brother likes to cook. all the kids do. a packaging and promotions make it seem l
difficult job in the country is the mayor f new york city. that may or may not be true. hillary clinton would consider this. step down. >> is too mall a stage for her. she's been on the global stage. >> only one person will convince hillary clinton to go back into the public world. that is her husband, bill clinton. and i am on the side that says i don't even think she wants to do much cells after secretary of state. she has been around for awhile, taken a lot of heat. i thiik that...
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apparently if we had the high-speed rail, new york to d.c., god knows why you want to go to d.c. under hour which i love. americans love their cars. adam: bingo. >> china doesn't have competitive airline industry. we've got rival airlines that make it cheaper. adam: study said, i recall this a year ago, pointed out putting money united states is investing in high-speed rail into fixing our highways and creating different kinds of fueling spots, if you want to go electric would be far better use of the money than building high-speed rail. >> exactly. >> we have transportation trust fund's cross this country are broke. new jersey, for example, broke. you can't fix the roads. before we even get, i'm -- >> as for china also, you tell me. this is country still has le in its paint. ends up accidentally poisoning children with milk formula. i'm not riding that train. i'm not trusting them. adam: they have problems with high-speed train last year. >> people were killed. adam: on the other hand it is pretty cool. >> this is awesome. adam: cool factor, they get the technological award, don
apparently if we had the high-speed rail, new york to d.c., god knows why you want to go to d.c. under hour which i love. americans love their cars. adam: bingo. >> china doesn't have competitive airline industry. we've got rival airlines that make it cheaper. adam: study said, i recall this a year ago, pointed out putting money united states is investing in high-speed rail into fixing our highways and creating different kinds of fueling spots, if you want to go electric would be far...
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melissa: new columbia. where did they come up with that? >> new york, new jersey. melissa: iould see that. fred, what do you think?. >> i don't like it. a new democrs to spend money. there will be democratic congressman and democratic senators. all they do will spend money. if deal was split it evenly between democrats and republicans that bill would die in committee farcer than a bill requiring congress to get obamacare. if i'm democrats and i would love new columbia and new people to help vote and spend. melissa: sounds expensive. what will this cost me. >> more money. melissa: up next a british woman was fired from mcdonald's making a mack flurry with coworkers get this, too many sprinkles. she took mcdonald's to court but mcdonald's decided to settle. they're paying her five grand. what do you think about that. she put too many sprinkles on the mack flurry. >> dangerous employee. melissa: couldn't be first offense. >> i got to figure. i don't know. i'm not qualified to testify about the black market in sprinkles. melissa: yeah. >> looks like, only, personal use
melissa: new columbia. where did they come up with that? >> new york, new jersey. melissa: iould see that. fred, what do you think?. >> i don't like it. a new democrs to spend money. there will be democratic congressman and democratic senators. all they do will spend money. if deal was split it evenly between democrats and republicans that bill would die in committee farcer than a bill requiring congress to get obamacare. if i'm democrats and i would love new columbia and new people...
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york and new jersey, politicians are using that as an excuse to get as much money as they can. politicians in washington are turning if into a christmas tree, of pork-barrel spending. melissa: no you're the grin much say forget. brian what do you say? >> well i would agree with that. you know the fema budget was 3 dal billion in the year 2000. this year it will be over $13 billion. at its peak it was 20 one after katrina. it has become a slush fund for local and state governments in a way for the federal government to redistribute monies to areas that are hit but in politically favored way. >> kirsten, do you want to save anyone's christmas on this list or we're throwing them all into the fire? >> like i said. i don't see them as bailouts. i see them as money spent the government has to honor. they can't just not pay debts that have been incurred in their name. once, the money has been spent. it is just like the debt ceiling. people say don't raise the debt ceiling. sorry the money is already spent. melissa: would you bail them out and shut them down then because they're not --
york and new jersey, politicians are using that as an excuse to get as much money as they can. politicians in washington are turning if into a christmas tree, of pork-barrel spending. melissa: no you're the grin much say forget. brian what do you say? >> well i would agree with that. you know the fema budget was 3 dal billion in the year 2000. this year it will be over $13 billion. at its peak it was 20 one after katrina. it has become a slush fund for local and state governments in a way...